Purification and characterization of a dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleaving enzyme from Desulfovibrio acrylicus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Van Der Maarel, Marc J E C ^a   Aukema, Walter ^a   Hansen, Theo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio acrylicus; Dimethylpropiothetin dethiomethylase (EC 4.4.1.3); Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN DETHIOMETHYLASE; LYASE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO ACRYLICUS;

EID: 0030272458     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00320-5     Document Type: Article

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